About Louis
Dr. Louis Buchhold is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with 22 years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
He brings doctoral-level training in counseling psychology and graduate work in marriage, family, and art therapy to his practice. He meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps people can use in daily life.
He works in an experiential style that includes art-making, sand play, and psychodramatic exercises when those methods fit a person's needs. He also uses Existential ideas to help people find meaning, and brief, goal-oriented tools like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused techniques to address pressing problems.
He tends to give short assignments people can try between sessions. Clients come with many kinds of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma.
He also helps people facing intimacy questions, sexual concerns, addictions, social anxiety, and relationship or sexuality matters. Additional focus areas include chronic illness, codependency, aging and geriatric issues, and non-monogamous or kink-affirming concerns.
His approach treats the person as the expert in their own life. Sessions aim to build on strengths and teach practical skills for coping and change.
He balances creative methods with structured, evidence-informed practices when that suits the person. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People who want to begin fill out a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session after choosing the Start Therapy button.
Combining creative approaches with online care
Dr. Buchhold uses Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral approaches in ways that translate to online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building on a person's strengths to support their goals. This approach helps when people need acceptance and practical guidance to make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down patterns of thought and behavior into manageable steps. It is useful for anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, and social fears because it offers concrete exercises and homework to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. He will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means mixing creative techniques, short skill-building tasks, or brief solution-focused steps depending on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video allows face-to-face interaction for experiential work, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat supports quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can connect in ways that work best for their schedules and day-to-day routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English